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Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. Cowper.

In an interesting manner.

The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith.

Any very hard rock.

south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths. [Written also laurustine and laurestina.]

The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [Archaic.] Longfellow.

A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. Bacon.

An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.

To extort; to draw from or forth by violence. [Obs.] Spenser.

Uppermost; outermost. Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.

An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.

To wrest or force from the natural or proper position. Shak.

To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.] Spenser.

A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases. [Obs.] Polychrest salt (Old Med. Chem.), potassium sulphate, specifically obtained by fusing niter with sulphur.

See Purpresture.

Ready; prompt; prepared. [Obs.] All prest to such battle he was. R. of Gloucester.

Payable. [Scot.]

A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service. Burrill.

A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [Obs.]

The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. -- Pre*ster"nal, a.